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For 6,911 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 55% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 8.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 57
Highest review score: 100 Fruitvale Station
Lowest review score: 0 The Fourth Kind
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,885 out of 6911
  2. Mixed: 2,801 out of 6911
  3. Negative: 1,225 out of 6911
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  1. Hello Lonesome
    The parts are ultimately greater than the whole, but Adam Reid's offbeat debut suggests a talent worth watching.
  2. The Tree of Life
    Like so much in this astounding, consistently beautiful and challenging movie, the answer depends on what you bring to it. Think of it as the Ultimate Anti-Summer-Blockbuster.
  3. Kung Fu Panda 2
    Kung Fu Panda 2 plunks down squarely in the spot marked for "chop-socky action with heart."
  4. The Hangover Part II
    Phillips sticks so close to the formula of his original that even the characters are given to saying things like, "I can't believe this is happening again."
  5. Louder Than a Bomb
    There can never be too many stories of human grace and perseverance like those of Nova, or Nate, or Adam, all teens who've been encouraged to channel their resentments and desires into art.
  6. Cost of a Soul
    Though it's rough around the edges, it is also, undeniably, a nervy, confident debut.
  7. Midnight in Paris
    As in "Purple Rose," the film works best when tweaking the disparate worlds thrown together, though "Midnight" is frothier, and so Wilson shines.
  8. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
    Despite Sparrow's ongoing flashes of charm, Depp himself seems to know he's coasting.
  9. Priest
    It appears that turning the John Ford/John Wayne classic "The Searchers" into the church-vs-vampire adventure Priest was not an altogether god-awful idea. As long as we don't get "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" as an elegiac zombie drama, this adaptation of a graphic novel has some bite.
  10. Forks Over Knives
    Hey, isn't summer a good time for a salad?
  11. Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
    Murphy also reveals one more gem when she interviews the New York couple who gave their friend Nell Harper Lee a financial gift in the '50s that allowed her to quit her job and finish the book, an act of generosity that is also one more kindness surrounding this most humane of artworks.
  12. The First Grader
    Director Justin Chadwick ("The Other Boleyn Girl") shows admirable restraint bringing this true story to the screen, and Litando does much with glimmers of emotion and wells of dignity.
  13. Hesher
    Any way you slice it, writer-director Spencer Susser's movie is bad company, full of wanna-be-outrageous anecdotes from the fringe.
  14. Bridesmaids
    If this sounds like a typical date movie, worry not. It's very much an Apatow production-though the crasser additions, like his already-notorious food poisoning scene, feel painfully forced.
  15. An Invisible Sign
    Alba certainly tries her best at portraying not just a beauty but also a beautiful mind, yet very few things add up despite director Marilyn Agrelo's efforts.
  16. The People vs. George Lucas
    Nonetheless, if you're a Force completist, this is as crucial as a bootleg of 1978's "Star Wars Holiday Special." Which, by the way, was awesome.
  17. There Be Dragons
    History can be an equalizer, so director Roland Joffe ("The Killing Fields," "The Mission") makes sure saints and sinners all get painted with the same uninteresting brush in this fact-based drama.
  18. Daydream Nation
    Writer-director Michael Goldbach fills the story with too many distractions, but Dennings, known for "Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist," is feline and fun.
  19. Last Night
    Knightley and Canet make a far more compelling pair. As they wander through the city after hours, doing nothing more than talking, they generate the kind of romantic heat that's all too rare onscreen.
  20. Jumping the Broom
    Director Salim Akil has found actors skillful enough to enhance Elizabeth Hunter and Arlene Gibbs' conventional screenplay.
  21. The Beaver
    Oddly engrossing, off-kilter drama.
  22. Something Borrowed
    Even if you've got a soft spot for silly rom-coms, know that this one is as empty-headed as it gets.
  23. Thor
    No matter how the filmmakers move Heaven and Earth, this comic-book adaptation looks cool but contains very little thunder. The fault is a script by a five-headed beast which contains fateful missteps.
  24. Prom
    A movie that's so anachronistically mushy and awkward, it earns extra credit simply for being so innocent.
  25. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
    Director Werner Herzog's latest cinematic mind trip blows you away with its beauty.
  26. Sympathy for Delicious
    Though Bloom feels like he dropped in from another movie, it all spins on screenwriter Thornton's charismatic performance, which also accounts for the survival instinct inside the film.
  27. Madea's Big Happy Family
    Perry's characters have always been drawn with broad strokes, as heroes or villains. In this case, all the villains are young women, and all the young women in this film-without exception--are monstrous.
  28. The Bang Bang Club
    The story has heat, even if the movie is more entranced with its subjects than in what they're trying to achieve.
  29. When Harry Tries to Marry
    This sweet if limited film has an agreeable attitude.
  30. POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
    Only the extremely naive will be shocked, shocked by director Morgan Spurlock's dissection of product placement in movies.
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